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Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1982

Introduced: June 29, 1982 See on congress.gov
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Sep 15, 1982
Committee on Finance. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure H.R. 4566 ordered to be reported.
Jul 21, 1982
Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held.
Jul 6, 1982
Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S.Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department.
Jun 29, 1982
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 29, 1982
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1982 - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to enable the United States to give effect to the Nairobi protocol to the Florence Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials.

Directs the President to proclaim changes in the Tariff Schedules of the United States to implement temporarily the duty-free treatment provided under this Act for certain articles for the blind or other handicapped persons. Authorizes the President to implement temporarily the duty-free treatment provided under this Act for certain: (1) books, publications, and documents; (2) visual and auditory materials; and (3) tools for scientific instruments or apparatus.

Authorizes the President to limit the duty-free treatment or temporary duty-free treatment accorded under this Act for certain tools for scientific instruments or for certain articles for the blind or other handicapped persons if the duty-free treatment of the article: (1) has significant adverse impact on a competing domestic industry; and (2) is not provided for in the Florence agreement or the Nairobi protocol. Authorizes the President to reinstate the duty-free treatment of such articles if it would no longer cause such adverse impact.

Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide duty-free treatment for: (1) catalogs of educational, scientific, or cultural visual and auditory material; (2) architectural, engineering, industrial, or commercial drawings and plans; (3) certain illustrations and proofs used for the production of books; (4) developed photographic film and similar articles; (5) motion picture films on which pictures or sound and pictures have been recorded; (6) magnetic video tape on which pictures or pictures and sound have been recorded; (7) other sound recordings, combination sound and visual recordings, and magnetic recordings; (8) certain educational, scientific, or cultural models; (9) tools specially designed for maintaining certain scientific instruments or apparatus that are used by nonprofit institutions; and (10) articles specially designed or adapted for use by blind or other handicapped persons.

What's happening now September 15, 1982

Committee on Finance. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure H.R. 4566 ordered to be reported.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1